Mala

Person

Mala

Acting December 27, 1906

Alaska

Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native ac…

IMDb

Known for

Popular titles

Photos

More stills of Mala

Biography

A closer look

Read full biography

Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native actors from the early 1920s until his death in 1952.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1952
    Red Snow

    Movie Sgt. Koovuk

  2. 1949
    The Fan

    Movie Assistant Camera

  3. 1942
    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    Movie Nat

  4. 1942
    The Girl from Alaska

    Movie Charley

  5. 1942
  6. 1942
  7. 1941
    Honolulu Lu

    Movie Native Cop

  8. 1941
    Hold Back the Dawn

    Movie Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)

  9. 1940
    The Devil's Pipeline

    Movie Talamu

  10. 1940
    North West Mounted Police

    Movie Indian

  11. 1940
  12. 1940
    South of Pago Pago

    Movie Native Diver

  13. 1940
    Zanzibar

    Movie Mala

  14. 1940
    Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

    Movie Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)

  15. 1940
    Green Hell

    Movie Mala

  16. 1939
    Coast Guard

    Movie Eskimo Driver (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1939
    Mutiny on the Blackhawk

    Movie Wani - Native Slave Leader

  2. 1939
    Union Pacific

    Movie Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)

  3. 1938
    Hawk of the Wilderness

    Movie Kias

  4. 1938
  5. 1938
  6. 1938
    Call of The Yukon

    Movie Olee John

  7. 1936
    The Jungle Princess

    Movie Melan

  8. 1936
    Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

    Movie Agent Ray Mala

  9. 1935
    Last of the Pagans

    Movie Taro

  10. 1933
    Eskimo

    Movie Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)

  11. 1932
    Igloo

    Movie The Young Hunter